Lease vs Leasable - What's the difference?
lease | leasable |
(chiefly dialectal) to gather.
(chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
false; lying; deceptive
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
an open pasture or common
*1928 , Thomas Hardy, He Never Expected Much :
*:Since as a child I used to lie
*:Upon the leaze and watch the sky,
*:Never, I own, expected I
*:That life would all be fair.
To release; let go; unloose.
To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
To take or hold by lease.
To grant a lease; to let or rent.
A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
The period of such a contract
A leasehold
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
Able to be leased.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 29, author=Jane L. Levere, title=Brooklyn Navy Yard, a Roomy Haven for Industry, Once Again Is Booming, work=New York Times
, passage=The Brooklyn Navy Yard has had a 98 percent occupancy rate for leasable space for the last five years and has gone from net cash flow of $700,000 in 2001 to $5.5 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, because of annual rents that can be more than $20 a square foot. }}
As adjectives the difference between lease and leasable
is that lease is false; lying; deceptive while leasable is able to be leased.As a verb lease
is (chiefly dialectal) to gather or lease can be to tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate or lease can be to release; let go; unloose or lease can be to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).As a noun lease
is falsehood; a lie or lease can be an open pasture or common or lease can be a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent or lease can be the place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.lease
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lesen, from (etyl) .Verb
(leas)- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) leas, lees, les, from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Verb
(leas)Etymology 4
From (etyl) lese, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
From (etyl) lesen, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
(leas)Etymology 6
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(leas)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 7
From (leash)Noun
Anagrams
* English contranyms ----leasable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation